Scripps National Spelling Bee

dg5052
Fri, 29 May 2009 08:38:11 +0000

When dinosaurs roamed the earth, I won my school spelling bee twice, and my best showing after that was coming in 3rd in the city/county bee. My dad was my “coach”–he bought the biggest dictionary I’ve ever seen and used to ask me random words out of it–including at night when I was brushing my teeth! For several years after 8th grade (the last year you can participate) he and I used to attend the regional spelling bee–the next rung up from city/county–and people would look at us because we were the only people in the audience who weren’t related to the contestants. My mother was an excellent speller too, but this was our special “thing”–haven’t thought about this in a while.